Dispensing receptacle



'Patented Apr. 24, 1928.

PATENT oFFlcE.-

ROBERT A. BERNHARD, OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK.

DISPENSING RECEPTAGLE,

Application filed July 17,1925. Serial No. 44,406.

My present invention relates to receptacles and more particularly to `receptacles in the nature of vials, tubes and bottles for containing medicines and other liquids and it has for its object to provide an article of this nature for containing liquids and also dispensing' them in a convenient manner. The improvements are directed in part toward the means for sealing the bottle or container in such manner as to safely inclose the contents and yet be readily removable and replaceable before and after the dispensing` operation. To these and other ends the invention resides in certain improvements and combinations of parts all as will be hereinafter more fully described, the novel features being` pointed out in the claim at the end of the specification.

ln the drawings:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a medicine tube, bottle or vial constructed in accordance with and illustrating one embodiment of my invention, the cap being in place thereon;

Figure 2 is a similar view with the cap removed and y Figure 3 is a partially sectional view taken in a plane centrally and through the cap and mouth of the tube.

Similar reference numerals throuzgrhout the several views indicate the same parts. y As before indicated, my invention is applicable to many purposes involving the dispensing of liquids and particularly the application thereof to a surface but to illustrate one particular advantageous use thereof l have illustrated a tube or vial for the packaging` of spirits of iodine because this is the use to which I have already applied it. Iodine is as well known applied in a spirit solution to the skin to reduce sprains and bruises. Being a stain, it mustbe used with care and it of advantage to have a means whereby it may be definitely applied where wanted without spilling.

lVith this in mind and referring more particularly to the drawings, 1 indicates a tube, bottle or vial containing the iodine solution as indicated at 2. The mouth or neck of the tube or bottle is attenuated at 3 and the is a cap 6 that may be made of glass or Celluloid or such substance as composes the body of the bottle 1 and this, at its lower end, closely lits the ring or washer 5 in an air tight and liquid tight manner though easily removable therefrom by an upward pull. A body of plastic material 7 occupies the top of the cap. It is preferably a rubber composition suitably composed to remain plastic but any similar insoluble material may be used. As the cap is forced down on the washer 5, this plastic body l presses against and conforms to the tip or upper end of the neck shown in Figure 3, and effectively seals the orifice 4. The cap may be applied and removed many times without destroying' the efficiency of thisplastie pad or until the contents of the tube has become exhausted and the tube is ready to be thrown away. y

In use and in the particular instance illustrated and described, the cap is pulled off, the tube inverted and the tip drawn across the skin of the affected part. If the orifice is of proper size. the liquid will not run out or flow freely but will nevertheless flow, through capillary attraction, so as to allow the iodine to he painted upon the surface in a thin lm. 'Also the device may be used as a. dropper because by shakingit gently the contents will e:\'ude drop by drop. lVhen the application of theliquid is completed, the cap is pressed back into place and if there is any liquid on the tip that might run down the exterior of the neck, it is caught by the ring 5.

I claim asmy invention:

In combination, a liquid containing and dispensing' tube provided with a tapering nec-k portion having a capillary outlet orifice therein, a flexible ring inserted'upon the base of said tapering' neck portion and being forced inwardly thereon and expanded therebyy with its entire inner peripheral face in grippingengagement with saidr` tapering` neck portion, a cap adapted by an inward movement upon the neck of the bottle to surround and tightly grip the entire outer peripheral surface-of the ring by` which it held in spaced relation to the neck of the bottle and a plastic body rdisposed within the cap` and adapted to be Vpressed against the end of the neck to close said orifice.

ROBERTA. BERNHARD. 

